Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-20

The session. bat hrm feeling eps
pesred 70 exist which later Developed ana
son was given for the strength. creeping that
offerings we're light and the shorts covering:
Some outside orders wore also receiver, ana
there was more doing In the thirty minutes
Of the session. Receipts continue about a.
large ~ heretofore. and shipments llgnt cx-
ceptlng from Duluth. where me shipments
wele reported at 81. 900 bushels The market
otened q shade Grmer than yesterday cloengs
and advanced *aysc., closing 10 niynef .nan
yesterday Corn was orly moderately scuvc.
and fluctuations were limited. Tho feeling
was frmor. mainly due 70 tho free buyios OF
more deferred deliveries BY promi,
nent local operator The market opeeed
a shade higher, advanced Aa;.c., ruled qulet,
end closed xakc. higher than yesterday. Inc
demand for better grades Was TAR. Win ones-
ines somewhat freer, yesselrcom peins sca,co
crease offerings, especially for seller for the
month. Toward the close the marxcs ruied
nrmer In sympathy with the advance Ia wheat
Oats were &c. lower for October, me sno.s
having evidently covered most OF their QUIZ
standing contracts, ard there was sess demand.
This decline caused November 10 rule easier
and decline Nc, but further than this thsro
was no essential change, May being II any
thing a shade lowor. There was gene
raj recovery. resulting In some advance
for deferred futures. Moderate speculation
In business was done, but cash business wa
lett 10 the mAfheI ffONk-kOu- WHY
disappoiDtipgly slow. Yesterday activity led
20 the general belief that the dun period had
terminated, and that from this time forward
fairly active market az least might be ex-
pected. Hence when business tSdsy; aiIer
brief .purt 10 the morning. fell back into It's
old slow rut. traders promptly changed their
tactics, and hesltating feeling assumed con-
troll. The product, however, wss quite strong
ly held, and. as compared with last nights
Blessings, January pork was advanced &C.. aud
November and December lard, as wen as Octo-
Der and January shortribs, 2kc. October and
January lard ruled stronger, though not quota
bly, higher. January, the leading future. SOLO
at sI2O2h sfi201H for pork. IS i2S atd IN tor
lard. and ss.024 ss6 i2< for short-rib-. For tho
same month pork closed at si200, lard at snia,
and short-ribs NJ t6i0.
BALTIMoRB
BALrxosE, ND, October io.-Cotton quiet
and steady; middling. shc. Flour dun ana
easy; noward-strsct aud western super, ssGa
S275; do. extra, tSai3.60: DO. family, ts1ca
$3.50; city mills super. s. SaSaoO; 90. extra,
ssasS62; do. Rio brands, st23afLSl; Pa
tapsco supsrlatvs patent. $40; do family
sL;5 Whest--Southern quiet and steady; red,
7sas9c. amber, s0as4c.: western 9uiot aud a
shade Hrmer: No. winter red. spot, Tha
7ss.c.; October. 7skaShc.; November, IVA
Soc; December slaas2,; January, ssa
s3hc. Cofn-seuthern dull and easy white,
sgas5c.; yellow. 59a5sc western dull and
steady; mixed. spot, 4gaSc.; October, ava
49Nc.; November, 4saiskc.; new, year,
Exaisc. Oats quiet and steady; south
err and Pennsylvania, S0a3oc:; western white,
35sSec. western mixed. S3s3tc. Rye firm az
57s5sc. Hay steady: primo 20 choice western,
sl3ati5 Provisions quiet and easy. Mes.-pork.
ai55Oat1a5o Bulk meats-Shouders and clear
rib sides, packed, 81 and sac. Bacon-shoul-
ders. sAc.; hams, 13aishc. Lard-Renned. *
Butter frm; western packed, l7aeOc. cream
cry, 2iss5c. Eggs hrm; western, ivasi. 10.
troleum steady; refined, sc. Coffee dun and
easy: Rio cargoes, ordinary 10 fair. lghal9kc.
Sugar steady; A, soft, 6kc. copper-retned
dull at iOsl0Sc. Whisksy steady at t.tta
Y.la Frsights TO Liverpool per steamer dull;
cotton, std; -four. Is 3d.; grain, 81.
ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS. October ie.-I'lour quiet and dull
but firm. Wheat nrm; No. Y red, cash, .Osa
iic. october. 40c. May, 4OHaiic. Oats nrm;
cash, eve May, 2shc bid. Whiskey s,eadsy
at <l05. Provisions quiet
WILMINGTON.
WILMINGTON, N. c., October l9.-rnrpenane
firm AT &c. Resin frm: strained. sOc.; good
strained, s5c. Tar Grm at siiA Crude tdr-
pentine hrni; hard. 81: ysnow-dip and virgin.
tL65.
louisville. October i9.-Wheat-Demand
| active aud steady No 2 red winter. 1Bsc.
Corn, demand good; No. mixed, i5c. Oats
steady; No ,, 2sasSAc. Provisions quiet
CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI. October io-Flour easy. Wheat
| dun; No. red. 79ac. Corn easy; No:
| mixed, 43hc. Oats firm; No. mixed. 4Skc.
| Provisions quiet Whiskey nrm at .i.Oo
| NEW YORK COTTON FUTURaA
Suw YORK, October 19.-Cotton-Net re-
| ceipts, bales; gross. s,025 bales. Futures
| closed steady; sales, 1900 bales October,
| i97iaS9 20; November, %. 6oasa6i; December,
| So 55as950; January. t9.63at9.6i; February,
| 81 72as973: March, t9.s0as9.Si April. g. ga
50 50: May. 80 95as9.96; June, t0.03asi0oi;
July, ti0oSasl0.l0; August, tli5asiaf.
PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET.
| [Rsported for the Dlspatch-l
| OCTOBER 10 Some few lots OF new Virginias
are coming In 20 market They have generally
graded as prime and were sold at 3%a3.c.
New spanish command 3a3hc. The sales arc
small, none Of the old stock being left In tho
market. Reports from the new crop represents
IL as above the average.
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
[Reported for the Dispstch.l
| lnta ~ aur